MONDAY APRIL 30
DO NOW- What is ecology?
HW-Finish vocab foldables if necessary. You will need them in class
tomorrow. The foldables, notes, and definitions are up on my website.
TUESDAY MAY 1
DO NOW- Name two abiotic and two biotic factors in the classroom.
HW- Intro to Ecology
WEDNESDAY MAY 2
DO NOW- What is a macroinvertebrtae?
HW- None...but the "Macroinvertebrate Lunch Movie" is up in my "Links" (it is
the last link) and the paper with the questions that go along with the movie
is up in my Hmoework/Handouts/Notes section.
THURSDAY MAY 3
DO NOW- Get out your Macroinvertebrate Lunch Movie paper.
HW- None
FRIDAY MAY 4
DO NOW- None...stream trip
HW- None
MONDAY MAY 7
DO NOW-What did the macroinvertebrates we find tell us about the stream?
HW- None...unless you don't finish the Stream Study Wrap Up analysis
questions in class! You should have plenty of time to answer them, but
finish them at home if necessary. The Stream Study Wrap Up is up on my site
with the recorded data.
TUESDAY MAY 8
DO NOW- Put the following in order from smallest to largest:
community, biome, population, ecosystem
HW- None...but the Interrelationships in the Environment paper we did in
class today is up on my site.
WEDNESDAY MAY 9
DO NOW- Get out the Interrelationships in the Environment paper.
HW- Finish the Biomes of the Earth chart. You can use the links on my web
site or your text to find the information for the chart. For the water
biomes, the book is a good source. However, it doesn't list numbers for temp
or water spped which is fine. Use the descriptive words found in your text.
The pages are 758-769.
THURSDAY MAY 10
DO NOW- In which biome do we live?
HW- None....but the paper, websites, and powerpoints necessary to complete
the paper are all up on my website.
FRIDAY MAY 11
DO NOW- What is symbiosis
HW-None....but the notes we took are up on my site as well as the paper we
are using while watching the dvd "Trials of Life".
MONDAY MAY 14
DO NOW-As birds follow army ants on the forest floor, they eat the insects
stirred up as the ants travel. What type of symbiosis is this?
HW- Symbiotic Relationships
TUESDAY MAY 15
DO NOW- Considering limiting factors, what is carrying capacity for a given
ecosystem?
HW- Finish OH DEER write up.
WEDNESDAY MAY 16
DO NOW- What does a food chain show?
HW- Freshwater Food Web
THURSDAY MAY 17
DO NOW- Grab a food web paper and complete
HW- Energy Flow in Ecosystems.....the computer activities we did in class are
in my links. They are in order, the last three links, starting with Food
Chains and Food Webs. The accompanying paper is also up on my website.
FRIDAY MAY 18
DO NOW- Define "succession".
HW- Ecology Review...this reviews what you will need to know for the Ecology
Test on Wednesday, May 23rd. The Ecological Succession paper we did in class
today is also up on my site.
MONDAY MAY 21
DO NOW- Grab a paper and complete the questions.
HW- Study for the Ecology Test and have grade report signed. The test was
changed to tomorrow so I would be able to pop in while we set up for the 8th
Grade NYS Science Perofrmance Test. We reviewed today and I put an Ecology
Jeopary game up in my Homework/Handouts/Notes section to help study.
TUESDAY MAY 22
DO NOW- Review your notes!
HW-None
WEDNESDAY MAY 23
DO NOW-None
HW-Enjoy your break.....and the notes and powerpoint for Virus and Bacteris
are up on my website.